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Here are the 17 most popular colleges and universities for students from the Charlotte area — plus admission data Note: Michael Trivette is a co-founder of College Transitions, a Charlotte-based team of college planning experts committed to guiding families through the college admissions process.

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SAT to Give Students ‘Adversity Score’ to Capture Social and Economic Background The College Board plans to assign an adversity score to every student who takes the SAT to try to capture their social and economic background, jumping into the debate raging over race and class in college admissions.

Duke just announced that it will drop the SAT essay and ACT essay requirements for students applying for admission next year. The essays will be optional but RECOMMENDED. Duke follows Princeton, Brown, Stanford and California Institute of Technology in dropping the essay requirements.

It is important to note two things:
1. People often confuse the essays with the SAT Writing and ACT English sections, which are still required. Punctuation and grammar skills are tested. ACT English is 25% of your score. SAT Writing is half of your verbal score. So, there’s no escaping misplaced modifiers, comma rules, and subject-verb agreement.

2. Even if the essays are not required, they may be recommended. A strong essay score will boost your chance of admission, even when the essay is not required or recommended.

The June SAT was too easy, resulting in a steep curve and low scores for many students.

June SAT Scores Much Lower Than Expected Yesterday morning the College Board released its June SAT scores, and the emails and texts began to pour Continue reading…